president|soviet|nn
president|mikhail gorbachev|person
returned to|president|subj
returned to|power|obj
power|coup|as
coup|him|against
coup|collapsed|vrel
collapsed|coup|obj
unraveling|swiftly|mod
unraveling|as|mod
as|was|comp1
was|unable|pred
unable|cope|fc
cope|junta|subj
cope|thousands|with
thousands|people|of
people|who|whn
created|people|subj
created|barricades|obj
parliament|russian|nn
president|russian|mod
stronghold|president|gen
president|yeltsin|person
legislature|national|mod
's|reinstatement|pred
reinstatement|and|punc
reinstatement|communist party|conj
's|seeking|mod
seeking|gorbachev|subj
seeking|salvage|mod
image|its|gen
salvage|image|obj
issue|real|mod
failure|coup|nn
issue|failure|for
was|not|neg
was|gorbachev|pred
gorbachev|but|punc
culture|new|mod
culture|political|mod
gorbachev|culture|conj
culture|democracy|of
initiated|he|subj
gorbachev|first|post
initiated|gorbachev|at
appeared|yeltsin|subj
appeared|equals|as
equals|but|punc
equals|yeltsin|conj
people|russian|mod
close|people|to
